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Nurse, Come You Here!: More True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle

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*An iBooks US Bestseller*

Mary J. Macleod and her husband left the London area for an idyllic place to raise their young children in the late sixties, and they found the island of Papavray in the Scottish Hebrides. There they bought a croft house on a small acre” of land, and Mary J. (also known as Julia) became the district nurse. At the age of eighty, she first recounted her family’s adventures in her debut, Call the Nurse, where she introduced readers to the austere beauties of the island and the hardy charm and warmth of the islanders. The anecdotes in this new volume take us to the end of her stay on Papavray, after which the MacLeod family left for California.

Once again we meet the crofters Archie, Mary, and Fergie, and other friends. There are stories of troubles, joy, and tragedy, of children lost and found, the cow that wandered into the kitchen, a distraught young mother who strides into the icy surf with her infant child, the ghostly apparition that returns after death to reveal the will in a sewing box. There are accidents and broken bones, twisters that come in from the sea, and acts of simple courage and uncommon generosity. Here again, a nurse’s compassion meets Gaelic fortitude in these true tales of a bygone era.

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From the Hebrides to Nevada This is a moving set of incidents in the life of a nurse in the isolated Hebrides. I read this second installment without having written the first volume. All of the autobiographical incidents are interesting and several very moving. There is a twist in the set when the writer is transferred to Nevada and California by remaining with her husband and his far flung occupations. This last quarter of the book is a contrast with the limited horizons of the Hebrides! And it serves as an Engish…

Another Great Book from MacLeod This is the 2nd book from Mary MacLeod in which she relates stories of her time as a nurse on a Scottish Island. This one is just as good as the first. Really wonderful stories of the people who lived on this island. Also about their diverse ways and the many problems they faced. She also tells of her time of living in America. Her husband’s work took her to the west coast and she found it far different than the small island in Scotland. The stories are well told with usually humorous…